Childbirth & Pregnancy
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Diet clue to post-natal depression
Getting pregnant women to eat oily fish or fish oil during pregnancy may help stave off post-natal depression, researchers reported last night. Read more
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Women may understate alcohol pregnancy risk
Health services need to do more to identify women who are drinking heavily in the early stages of pregnancy, researchers have warned. Read more
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Weight training ‘safe’ in pregnancy
Weight training is safe for pregnant women – allowing them to use it to maintain fitness, research has found. Read more
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Pregnancy obesity challenge
Little is being done to help obese mothers-to-be, despite the dangers for both mother and the baby, it has been claimed. Read more
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How tobacco and alcohol harm pregnancy
Pregnant women exposed to cigarette smoke risk infection, stillbirth and having babies with low birth weight, researchers warn today. Read more
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Immune system genes linked to pregnancy problem
Genetic mutations have been identified that increase a woman’s risk developing a dangerous blood pressure problem during pregnancy, researchers said today. Read more
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Priority medicines for babies and childbirth
Simple treatments such as zinc, rehydration therapy and oxytocin for childbirth must be available in all countries to save the lives of children and their mothers, global experts said yesterday. Read more
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Women urged to take pregnancy vitamin
A major national campaign is launched today in the UK to encourage young women to take folic acid supplements in case they become pregnant. Read more
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Mountain man seeks pregnancy clues
Women who live in America’s mountain state are helping British researchers investigate new ways of dealing with oxygen deprivation during birth. Read more
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Support needed for obese mothers
Pregnancy often makes women feel "free" from the stigma of being overweight, researchers say today. Read more